Most every law enforcement agency understands the inherent value of making less-lethal force options available to their first responders. Less-Lethal force options are no longer found only in ...

The list of what an officer needs to carry on patrol is long; this creates not only a burden on his physical and duty belt real estate, but is also weighty on a department's budget. What may have once ...

Chandler Crumblish Paine is a full-time mom and regular jogger who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. She’s never owned a gun, but last year she became increasingly concerned about her safety, especially ...

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It is amazing that over time humans in general have never been at a loss to develop new and unique ways to inflict pain and damage to other humans. With millions of development dollars flowing into ...

Opinion: UCPD is using less-than-lethal munitions to ‘frighten students into conformity’ An officer carrying a less-than-lethal weapon on campus is pictured. Columnist Michael Gallagher writes that ...

Sergio Espejo didn’t come to Los Angeles with activism in mind. He planned to visit a friend as he had done many times in the past. Except, this summer the city was engulfed in protests, sparked by a ...

In January, 33-year-old Turrell Clay died not long after being arrested by Phoenix police. An autopsy report released on Aug. 8 – seven months after Clay’s death – pins the blame on the supposedly ...

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